H7908

	2014 -- H 7908
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014
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	H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N
	DECLARING TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2014, AS "NO MORE DAY" IN THE STATE OF
	RHODE ISLAND

	Introduced By: Representatives Fox, E Coderre, Blazejewski, Ruggiero, and Ackerman
	Date Introduced: March 11, 2014
	Referred To: House read and passed
1	WHEREAS, The State of Rhode Island is home to an estimated 205,000 victims, both
2	male and female, who, during their lifetimes, experience rape, physical violence, and/or stalking
3	by an intimate partner; and
4	WHEREAS, Domestic violence in Rhode Island poses a major public health crisis, not
5	only for the significant others who fall victim to these horrific acts, but also for the children who
6	suffer through the experience; and
7	WHEREAS, In 2011, Rhode Island police officers responded to 7,883 domestic violence
8	related calls, and children were present in almost 2,100 of these incidents; and
9	WHEREAS, All too often, there are many more of these heinous crimes that don't get
10	reported because of victims' fear, a threat from the guilty spouse, or, in some cases, because of
11	death resulting from the crime; and
12	WHEREAS, "NO MORE Day" serves as a symbol of commitment to ending domestic
13	violence and sexual assault in Rhode Island and across the nation; and
14	WHEREAS, "NO MORE Day" will also serve as a national symbol to bring awareness to
15	issues of domestic violence and sexual assault that all too often get overlooked; now, therefore be
16	it
17	RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and
18	Providence Plantations hereby recognizes March 11, 2014, as "NO MORE Day," a day that will
19	be known as the nation's call to end domestic violence and sexual assault; and be it further

1	RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to
2	submit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic
3	Violence.
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